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This author wrote about Prola and Pra’s sexual commune causing fears of the Last Judgment in his play The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles. In a play by this author, a character who writes maxims about weaponry on his shop and signs them “UNASHAMED” uses Dionysus as a comparison for a man who mistakes him for his ineffectual son Stephen. This author wrote a “Romance in Five Acts” that opens by referring to characters like “The Bystander” and “The Note-Taker.” A woman created (10[1])by this author, who must marry the foundling Adolphus (10[1])Cusins (10[1])to inherit her father’s business, is conflicted about a donation from the munitions manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. For 10 points, name this author of Major Barbara and a play about Henry Higgins (10[2])and Eliza (10[2])Doolittle, Pygmalion. ■END■

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw
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